Criticizing or Questioning Islam is NOT “Racism”
When making the case against Islam, I repeatedly hear the charge, “Racist! Racist!”
How is being opposed to a philosophy, or an ideology, racist?
A philosophy, religion or ideology is not something you acquire via DNA, or heredity.
Racial pigmentation is.
To morally judge someone for an attribute irrelevant to character and choice, such as race, hair color, height, gender, and the like, is a contradiction in terms.
Morality refers to a chosen code one elects to follow. Race does not qualify as a choice.
However: To morally judge someone for the company they keep, or the ideology they endorse — whether openly, or via passive sanction — is totally fair game.
Nobody shouting “racist” when hearing a criticism of Islam would ever tolerate bloodshed waged by advocates of the KKK, fundamentalist Christians, or any other kind of organized hate group; nor should they.
Yet these same people will not tolerate any — I mean any — criticism hinted at, implied or stated about Islam.
What gives?
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When making the case against Islam, I repeatedly hear the charge, “Racist! Racist!”
How is being opposed to a philosophy, or an ideology, racist?
A philosophy, religion or ideology is not something you acquire via DNA, or heredity.
Racial pigmentation is.
To morally judge someone for an attribute irrelevant to character and choice, such as race, hair color, height, gender, and the like, is a contradiction in terms.
Morality refers to a chosen code one elects to follow. Race does not qualify as a choice.
However: To morally judge someone for the company they keep, or the ideology they endorse — whether openly, or via passive sanction — is totally fair game.
Nobody shouting “racist” when hearing a criticism of Islam would ever tolerate bloodshed waged by advocates of the KKK, fundamentalist Christians, or any other kind of organized hate group; nor should they.
Yet these same people will not tolerate any — I mean any — criticism hinted at, implied or stated about Islam.
What gives?
...more